Meaning of hythe | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A hamlet in the County of Grande Prairie No. 1, Alberta, Canada, named after Hythe , Kent.
2. A suburban area in Colchester, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0124).
3. A landing-place in a river; a harbour or small port.
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4. A town in Hythe and Dibden parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4207).
5. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1634).
6. Former name of Southport, Tasmania.

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Examples

“That morn to other hythe we made our way / finding the peoples that before we found, / by a broad River, and we gave it name / from the high hol'iday when to port we came.”

“On the bank of the Silverlode, at some distance up from the meeting of the streams, there was a hythe of white stones and white wood. By it were moored many boats and barges.”

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